Daijiworld Media Network - Kalaburagi (SP)
Kalaburagi, Jun 18: After a tipper hit a scooter at Jewargi in the district on Wednesday June 17, the person who was riding the scooter and his two school-going children lost lives on the spot. The accident occurred near the Agricultural Science Centre near Jewargi town.
Amrut Kalyanappa Sajjan Shetty (45) from Kattisangavi village was taking his children, Basavaraj (12), and Rakshitha (9), to school, when bad luck hit the family in the form of a tipper. Amrut was riding the children to their school in Jewargi.
As soon as information spread, villagers from Kattisangavi rushed to Jewargi and staged protest against the rash and negligent driving by tippers which keep causing accidents often. This created traffic bottleneck for sometime. Policemen had to intervene to pacify the protesters.